“Remind Our People Often”
By K. C. Russell
THE following paragraphs are extracts from a Testimony concerning religious liberty work, under date of Jan. 16, 1905:— “The time has come when the liberty of the church of Christ is endangered. Let it be a time also when true missionary work shall be done, in public ministry and in house-to-house labor. The oppression of Christ’s church should apparently be a great victory for the side of the transgressors of the Sabbath, and would cause rejoicing among evildoers. But nothing should discourage us. God has victory for his people. If the forces of the enemy gain the victory now, it will be because the churches have neglected their God-given work. “When all our ministers and physicians come into line, taking their stand under the blood-stained banner of Prince Emmanuel, we shall see an army of men and women going forth to work for Christ, speaking the word with holy boldness and power. “Remind our people often of the work that may be done by the sale of our books and the distribution of tracts. Encourage them to sell the periodicals containing the message for this time. Our large books can be sold in Washington and other cities in the East, if the canvassers will take up the work courageously. “Instruction has been given me that the important books containing the light that God has given regarding Satan’s apostasy in heaven should be given a wide circulation just now; for through them the truth will reach many minds. ‘Patriarchs and Prophets,’ ‘Daniel and the Revelation,’ and ‘Great Controversy’ are needed now as never before. They should be widely circulated because the truths they emphasize will open many blind eyes. “When ‘Patriarchs and Prophets’ was first issued, it was neglected for a book easy to sell and more profitable to the publishers. Many of our people have been blind to the importance of the very books that were most needed. Had tact and skill then been shown in the sale of these books, the Sunday-law movement would not be where it is today.” Let our canvassers and others take note of what is said in this Testimony concerning the importance of circulating those books setting forth the outcome of the great apostasy from religious liberty principles, and do it now. There should be delay no longer.